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Asafetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
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asafetida
(gcide) | Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
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asafetida
(wn) | asafetida
n 1: the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste
and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic [syn:
asafetida, asafoetida] |
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Asafetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
[1913 Webster]Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
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